The month of September certainly wasn’t far off the pace of August in terms of large billfish caught around the world – we had reports of some 75 500+-pound billfish from around the world, including the world’s 13th grander of the year – and Cape Verde’s fourth grander this year for that great fishery.

In all, we saw an early bite of large blacks in Australia, a huge number of large girls in the Azores, and the typical share of large blues in Kona in the month of September…mixed in with a smattering from the East Atlantic and Latin America, notably some large marlin caught in Panama and Cabo.

In all, a really decent month…but watch out for the numbers the reef is about to post in October…at least we all hope.

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John Harmeling is the co-founder of billfishreport.com and granderwatch.com. Having traveled to and fished the major billfisheries across the globe, he counts Kona and Cairns as his favorites, and the black marlin to be the ocean's supreme pelagic specimen. He believes the very best and most enjoyable place to find tuna is in a marlin's stomach.